1 Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance.
7 We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job;
12 to forbear swearing;
13 to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity;
14 to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another;
19 and to reduce a straying brother to the truth.

Go. See on ch. 4:13

ye. 1:11 2:6 De 8:12-14 32:15 Ne 9:25,26 Job 20:15-29 Ps 17:14 49:6-20 73:3-9,18-20 Pr 11:4,28 Ec 5:13,14 Jer 9:23 Mic 6:12 Zep 1:18 Mt 19:23,24 Lu 6:24 12:16-21 16:19-25 1Ti 6:9,10 Re 6:15-17

weep. 4:9 Isa 13:6 22:12,13 Jer 4:8 Eze 19:2 Joe 1:5,11,13 Am 6:6,7 Zec 11:2,3 Lu 6:25 23:28,29

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Your riches. Jer 17:11 Mt 6:19,20 Lu 12:33 1Pe 1:4

your garments. 2:2 Job 13:28 Ps 39:11 Isa 50:9 51:8 Ho 5:12

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

cankered. 2Ti 2:17

a witness. Ge 31:48,52 Jos 24:27 Job 16:8

and shall. Jer 19:9 Mic 3:3 Re 17:16 20:15 21:8

Ye have. De 32:33,34 Job 14:16,17 Ro 2:5

the last. See on Ge 49:1 Isa 2:2 Mic 4:1 Ac 2:17 2Pe 3:3

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

the hire. Le 19:13 De 24:14,15 Job 24:10,11 31:38,39 Isa 5:7 Jer 22:13 Hab 2:11 Mal 3:5 Col 4:1

the cries. Ge 4:10 Ex 2:23,24 3:9 22:22-24,27 De 24:15 Job 34:28 Ps 9:12 Lu 18:7

Lord. Ro 9:29 Isa 1:9 *Heb:

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

have lived. 1Sa 25:6,36 Job 21:11-15 Ps 17:14 73:7 Ec 11:9 Isa 5:11,12 47:8 56:12 Am 6:1,4-6 Lu 16:19,25 1Ti 5:6 2Ti 3:4 Jude 1:12 Re 18:7

been. Isa 3:16 Ro 13:13

as in. Pr 7:14 17:1 Isa 22:13 Eze 39:17 Re 19:17,18

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

have. 2:6 Mt 21:38 23:34,35 27:20,24,25 Joh 16:2,3 Ac 2:22,23 Ac 3:14,15 4:10-12 7:52 13:27,28 22:14 1Th 2:15,16

and he. Isa 53:7 Mt 5:39 26:53,54 Lu 22:51-53 Joh 19:9-11 Ac 8:32 1Pe 2:22,23

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Be patient. or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience. Lu 8:15 Ro 2:7 8:24,25 15:4 2Co 6:4,5 Ga 5:5 6:9 Col 1:11 1Th 1:3 Heb 6:15 12:1-3

unto. 8,9 Mt 24:27,44 Lu 18:8 21:27 1Co 1:7 1Th 2:19 3:13 2Pe 3:4

until. De 11:14 Jer 5:24 Ho 6:3 Joe 2:23 Zec 10:1

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

ye also. Ge 49:18 Ps 37:7 40:1-3 130:5 La 3:25,26 Mic 7:7 Hab 2:3 Ro 8:25 Ga 5:22 1Th 1:10 2Th 3:5 Heb 10:35-37

stablish. Ps 27:14

for. 9 Php 4:5 Heb 10:25-37 1Pe 4:7 Re 22:20

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Grudge not. or, Groan not, or, grieve not. 4:11 Le 19:18 Ps 59:15 Mr 6:19 *marg: 2Co 9:7 Ga 5:14,26 1Pe 4:9

lest. Mt 6:14,15 7:1,2

the Judge. Ge 4:7 Mt 24:33 1Co 4:5 10:11 Re 3:20

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

who. Isa 39:8 Jer 23:22 26:16 Ac 3:21 Heb 13:7

for. 2Ch 36:16 Jer 2:30 Mt 5:11,12 21:34-39 23:34-37 Lu 6:23 13:34 Ac 7:52 1Th 2:14,15 Heb 11:32-38

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

we count. 1:12 Ps 94:12 Mt 5:10,11 10:22 Heb 3:6,14 10:39

Ye. Job 1:21,22 *etc: Job 2:10 13:15,16 23:10

and have. Job 42:10-17 Ps 37:37 Ec 7:8 1Pe 1:6,7,13 2Pe 2:9

the Lord is. Ex 34:6 Nu 14:18 1Ch 21:13 2Ch 30:9 Ne 9:17,31 Ps 25:6,7 Ps 51:1 78:38 86:5,15 103:8,13 116:5 119:132 136:1 *etc: Ps 145:8 Isa 55:6,7 63:7,9 La 3:22 Da 9:9,18,19 Joe 2:13 Jon 4:2 Mic 7:18 Lu 1:50 6:36 Ro 2:4 Eph 1:6 2:4

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

above. 1Pe 4:8 3Jo 1:2

swear not. See on Mt 5:33-37 23:16-22

but. See on 2Co 1:17-20

lest. 3:1,2 1Co 11:34

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

any among. 2Ch 33:12,13 Job 33:26 Ps 18:6 50:15 91:15 116:3-5 118:5 Ps 142:1-3 La 3:55,56 Ho 6:1 Jon 2:2,7 Lu 22:44 23:42 Ac 16:24,25 2Co 12:7-10 Heb 5:7

any merry. Jud 16:23-25 Da 5:4

let him sing. 1Ch 16:9 Ps 95:2 105:2 Mic 4:5 Mt 26:30 1Co 14:26 Eph 5:19 Col 3:16,17 Re 5:9-14 7:10 14:3 19:1-6

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

for. Ac 14:23 15:4 Tit 1:5

pray. 1Ki 17:21 2Ki 4:33 5:11 Ac 9:40 28:8

anointing. Mr 6:13 16:18

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

the prayer. See on ver. 13,16 1:6 Mt 17:20,21 21:21,22 Mr 11:22-24 16:17,18 1Co 12:28-30

if he. Isa 33:24 Mt 9:2-6 Mr 2:5-11 Joh 5:14 1Co 11:30-32 1Jo 5:14-16

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Confess. Ge 41:9,10 2Sa 19:19 Mt 3:6 18:15-17 Lu 7:3,4 Ac 19:18

pray. Col 1:9 1Th 5:17,23,25 Heb 13:18

that. Ge 20:17 2Ch 30:20 Lu 9:6 Ac 10:38

The effectual. Ge 18:23-32 19:29 20:7,17 32:28 Ex 9:28,29,33 17:11 32:10-14 Nu 11:2 14:13-20 21:7-9 De 9:18-20 Jos 10:12 1Sa 12:18 1Ki 13:6 17:18-24 2Ki 4:33-35 19:15-20 20:2-5 2Ch 14:11,12 32:20-22 Job 42:8 Ps 10:17,18 34:15 145:18,19 Pr 15:8,29 28:9 Jer 15:1 29:12,13 33:3 Da 2:18-23 9:20-22 Ho 12:3,4 Mt 7:7-11 21:22 Lu 11:11-13 18:1-8 Joh 9:31 Ac 4:24-31 12:5-11 1Jo 3:22

a righteous. Ro 3:10 5:19 Heb 11:4,7

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Elias. 1Ki 17:1

Elijah. subject. Ac 10:26 14:15

and he. Ro 11:2 Re 11:6

earnestly. or, in prayer. and it rained not. Lu 4:25

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

1Ki 18:18,42-45 Jer 14:22 Ac 14:17

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

err. Ps 119:21,118 Pr 19:27 Isa 3:12 1Ti 6:10,21 2Ti 2:18 2Pe 3:17 Jude 1:11

and one. 20 Eze 34:4,16 Mt 18:15 Lu 22:32 Ga 6:1 Heb 12:12,13 Jude 1:22,23

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

that he. 19

shall save. Pr 11:30 Ro 11:14 1Co 9:22 1Ti 4:16 Phm 1:19

from death. 1:15 Pr 10:2 11:4 Joh 5:24 Re 20:6

hide. Ps 32:1 Pr 10:12 1Pe 4:8

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE OF JAMES.

James, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of Jacob, and the near relation of our Lord, called also James the Less, probably because he was of lower stature, or younger, than the other James, the son of Zebedee, is generally allowed to be the writer of this Epistle; and the few that have doubted this have assigned very slight reasons for their dissent, and advanced very weak arguments on the other side. It is recorded in ecclesiastical history, and the book of the Acts of the Apostles confirms the fact, that he generally resided at Jerusalem, superintending the churches in that city, and in the neighbouring places, to the end of his life, which was terminated by martyrdom about A.D. 62. This epistle appears to have been written but a short time before his death; and it is probable that the sharp rebukes and awful warnings given in it to his countrymen excited that persecuting rage which terminated his life. It is styled Catholic, or General, because it was not addressed to any particular church, but to the Jewish nation throughout their dispersions. Though its genuineness was doubted for a considerable time, yet its insertion in the ancient Syriac version, which was executed at the close of the first, or the beginning of the second century, and the citation of, or allusion to it, by Clement of Rome, Hermas, and Ignatious, and its being quoted by Origen, Jerome, Athanasius, and most of the subsequent ecclesiastical writers, as well as its internal evidence, are amply sufficient to prove the point.